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This is basically Val'anyr in spell form but can't go infinite which is fine. I'd imagine you'd want the buff on a specific minion to finish off the game. Maybe a Mr. Smite or Grommash Hellscream. 

TBH, with the number of fire spells Warrior has atm, this legendary doesn't actually need the (Revives 2 times.) text 😏

It's alright I guess, 12/12 in stats with the only requirement of casting 2 fire spells and in a dedicated fire deck, that should be too difficult. Not sure how good that would be and if it'd really help warrior out. 

On the flip side, I'll laugh when Rogue and Priest get this legendary but don't have any fire spells to bring it back, so it'll just end up being a permanent dormant minion, taking up a slot of the board 🤣

Shaman evolving into this would be sweet!

Would be funny playing this and it discards Soul Barrage for your opponent. Instant concede there. Also, would this minion permanently discard Vision of Darkness? I'd be interested to see that interaction. Aside from that, weird disruption that doesn't really fit anywhere in warrior atm.

More enrage support it welcome considering that's the only playable archetype in Standard atm and it really needed some draw. Most times this is an Arcane Intellect when your hero is damaged and you have no minions, which isn't bad. It gets better from there so we'll be seeing a lot of this spell if warrior emerges from the dumpster

I have a sneaky suspicion the BG portraits are not selling as well, hence the limited time sales. Even then I wouldn't buy a specific portrait coz how many times would you end up seeing it in each game anyway?

Finally, some good card draw for the archetype! It can actually now stand a leg in standard, since what the deck lacked was hand refill (with Battle Rage not in core)

I played right into this one, didn't I?

Cutting Class levels of good.

Renanthal has murdered Shadow Priest. It could gasp out a win or two back when people were still perfecting 40-card decks, but now it's just Bad Hunter or Slow Aggro Demon Hunter. It can win games, but the numbers aren't on its side. I don't think the Frozen Throne set makes this any better; quite the opposite since armor-granting heroes and the Lich King and other fan favorites tend to slow the game down.

Nice try, but I'll be playing Discard Warlock!

Almost guarantee at least 3-cost, based on 'characters'

Now, that's a well designed card.

It got plenty of synergies : Rush, Elemental tribe, Fire-spell, Deathrattle (and damaged minion synergy, because rush, dormant and reviving will make it very easy to setup and trigger such effect)

It got impact, both short and long-term.

And most important of all, it has limit. It will resurrect twice. Period. No matter how much you copy it, it's bound to have an end, eventually.

Because let's face it, ad nauseam effect are only fun for one person.

Put whoever designed it in charge. He's the one who gets it.

OK, so warrior's anti-spell stuff might have been within class identity based on what they can do in WoW, but this time it actually is out of place right?  Obviously rush and damaged minions are very on-brand, but fire spell synergy... (Any WoW aficionados are encouraged to tell me all about the fire warriors there.)

2 Fire spells currently in standard - one was even played Forged in Flame. Now getting at least 3-5 more. The 4 mana draw 2 cards (with discount from damaged minions) seems promising. Still, it is just OK early removal for CTRL deck, maybe even for enrage warrior due to mentioned new draw card. No flashy but pretty fine themed.

They came up with something even better!

One thing I don't see pointed out enough is how easy it is to revive Thori'belore: although Warrior doesn't have a ton of Fire spells available, you only need to cast one to awaken this unit.

Hypothetically, you may event revive Thori'belore multiple times in the same turn (with the limit of two, of course, but still).

Oh yeah, definitely!

Battletag: knolty#1515

Region: EU

Trade only? : yes, you go first

Yeah it definitely has good value, you just don't wanna draw it too late.

The cards showcased in this article will singlehandedly bring Warrior back to playability.

Thori'belore, Light of the Phoenix, Blazing Power and Sunfury Champion (not sure about Sunfire Smithing, although it's not bad at all!) are what the class needed and Team 5 delivered it.

All the aforementioned cards are 5 stars.

I agree with you that Thori'belore isn't the flashiest Legendary we've ever seen, but I still think it's pretty damn solid.

I mean, let's compare it to the last elemental phoenix we received in Al'ar: things changed for the better!

Fire warrior xD

Damaged Fire Warrior looks pretty cool.

The legendary is a bit too bland for my taste but I can see it being good.

Sunfury Champion and Light of the Phoenix is something that needs to be printed in order for warrior to be anything more than bottom place on the tier list. The latter especially. Warrior draws like shit, a main concern for the longest time since DoD rotated.

Warrior looks decent now, nowhere near the top I'd imagine, but at least not at the bottom. Enrage warrior will work well with the additional draw and they dont need to rely on niche cards for self damage anymore, so I think there's a nice chance it stays in tier 2. But the class does have the most disruption tools compared to other classes so might there yet be a chance for control warrior? We'll see

Recasting does give you a fresh copy (Source).